Congratulations to photographer Staff Sergeant Joseph A. Araiza!

Staff Sergeant Araiza’s photo was the runaway favorite for February photos in the area of responsibility for the U.S. Africa Command. Check out his terrific photo below of U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Geoff Shepelew reenlisting underwater off the coast of Djibouti.

This photo gathered 78% of the total votes, counting both online survey votes and blog comments. View the other contenders here.

Thanks to everyone for voting! Feel free to post photos you like relating to AFRICOM in March on our Facebook page, and look for the next photo survey in a month.